Today, Israeli Labor party leader Merav Michaeli met with Labour leader Keir Starmer and shadow foreign secretary David Lammy in Parliament to strengthen and reaffirm the sister party relationship between Havoda and UK Labour. The meeting followed Merav’s address to LFI’s 2022 Annual Lunch yesterday.
*** Check against delivery *** Chief Rabbi, Parliamentarians, my fellow guests and speakers. It is a pleasure to be with you at the LFI Annual Lunch this afternoon. I want to thank the lunch sponsors, Sir David Garrard and Isaac Kaye, and all of you whose generosity makes Read more…
*** Check against delivery *** Labour Friends of Israel Annual Lunch Tuesday 22 November 2022 Steve McCabe MP, Chair Labour Friends of Israel Introduction Chief Rabbi, Ambassador Hotovely, friends. It’s my great pleasure to welcome you to Labour Friends of Israel’s Annual Lunch. We wouldn’t be Read more…
** Check against delivery ** נאום לידידי.ות ישראל בלייבור הבריטי Labour Friends of Israel 22 נובמבר 2022 Thank you, Steve, for that kind introduction. I am delighted to be with you this afternoon at LFI’s annual lunch. Can I begin by thanking LFI for your valued work: making the Read more…
Rachel Reeves MP Speech to LFI Annual Lunch 18/11/2022 ** Check against delivery ** Thank you, Steve. Chief Rabbi, Ambassador, friends. It’s such a pleasure to be here with you at LFI’s annual lunch. And I’m especially grateful to Merav for making the journey from Israel to be Read more…
This afternoon, Labour MPs urged the government to take greater action against the threats to the UK posed by the Iranian regime and its agents at an Urgent Question in the House of Commons regarding the situation in Iran. LFI chair Steve McCabe pushed the government to “curb the activities Read more…
This afternoon, a number of LFI parliamentary supporters attended an ELNET briefing from the Jewish Chronicle‘s David Rose on the Palestinian Authority’s increasing authoritarianism and corruption, co-hosted. Democratic reform in the PA is a vital prerequisite to making a two-state solution a reality. The briefing was also addressed by LFI Read more…
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. For many of us, the result of Israel’s election brought back unhappy memories of Donald Trump’s upset defeat of Hillary Clinton six years ago. That’s unsurprising: both contests were fought to a virtual draw with Read more…
At FCDO Questions this week, Labour MPs again pushed the government to proscribe the IRGC, the Iranian regime’s ideological terror army, which has led the crackdown against protestors in Iran in recent months. LFI vice-chair John Spellar joined colleagues from across the House in urging the government to “get on Read more…
This morning, LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and shadow Middle East Minister Bambos Charalambous MP met with a UK-Palestinian Tech Hub delegation of Palestinian start-ups to discuss the opportunities and challenges in Palestinian economic development, a vital aspect of working towards the creation of a Palestinian state. They heard about Read more…
LFI chair Steve McCabe has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. This year saw the 30th anniversary of the election victory that brought Yitzhak Rabin to power in Israel. Three short years later, after a rare period of hope that the tragic conflict between Israel Read more…
Labour Friends of Israel is delighted to publish its latest policy briefing, Steps to a Two State Solution. The two state solution is the only means by which to guarantee Israel’s security and to preserve its identity as a Jewish and democratic state, as well as to satisfy the legitimate demand of the Palestinian people for Read more…